You are here

Article Text

Article menu
Download PDFPDF
Articles
Hypocalcaemic myopathy with paranoid psychosis
  1. J. A. Snowdon,
  2. A. C. Macfie,
  3. J. B. Pearce
  1. Maudsley Hospital, London

    Abstract

    A description is given of a patient with idiopathic hypoparathyroidism and a paranoid psychosis. Changes in muscle, electromyograms, and blood enzyme levels were related to hypocalcaemia. Reference is made to the elevations of these enzyme levels found in other cases of psychosis.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.39.1.48

    Statistics from Altmetric.com

      Request Permissions

      If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.